Backhoe Bob digging the hole

We first dig the hole, one foot deeper and one foot wider, one foot longer than the measurements of the shelter.

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Dennis leveling the floor

Then we pour six inches of concrete in the base of the hole for the floor.

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Lowering the shelter into the hole

Then we immediately set the steel unit in the hole so that the steel plates can anchor into the concrete.

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Finishing the seamless pour

While the concrete floor is still wet we pour up the sides with 6" thick concrete walls, and pour 4 to 6 inches over the top, completely encasing the steel shelter inside of the concrete.

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Covered with top soil

The shelter is completely below the surface of the ground with approximately 6" of topsoil over the top. There is no ugly mound in the yard; it is level with the ground, with the door up above by only 4-6 inches, and the vent turbine. 

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